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Land Insecurity In Gulu, Uganda: A Clash Between Culture And Capitalism, Zachary Slotkin
Land Insecurity In Gulu, Uganda: A Clash Between Culture And Capitalism, Zachary Slotkin
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
This paper presents the causes and consequences of land insecurity in Gulu, Uganda. In order to address this important and often sensitive issue, the paper analyzes the role of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) insurgency and the government’s policy of forced encampment during the insurgency in contributing to land insecurity, causing widespread displacement among former internally displaced persons (IDPs). It further explores the importance of land ownership in providing economic productivity to rural landowners, as well as the nature of customary land tenure in Acholi culture and the government’s efforts to privatize communal land, to give a background on the …
Images Of Public Wealth Or The Anatomy Of Well-Being In Indigenous Amazonia, Michael Chibnik
Images Of Public Wealth Or The Anatomy Of Well-Being In Indigenous Amazonia, Michael Chibnik
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
No abstract provided.
A Few Days With Bill Vickers: Quietly Advancing Indigenous Rights, Ted Macdonald
A Few Days With Bill Vickers: Quietly Advancing Indigenous Rights, Ted Macdonald
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
No abstract provided.
William T. Vickers’ Contribution To Secoya Ethnobotany, Pablo Yépez, Stella De La Torre
William T. Vickers’ Contribution To Secoya Ethnobotany, Pablo Yépez, Stella De La Torre
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
No abstract provided.
Introduction: Remembering William T. Vickers (1942–2016), Robert Wasserstrom
Introduction: Remembering William T. Vickers (1942–2016), Robert Wasserstrom
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
No abstract provided.
“Being Flexible”: Reflections On How An Anthropological Theory Spills Into The Contemporary Political Life Of An Amazonian People, Stine Krøijer
“Being Flexible”: Reflections On How An Anthropological Theory Spills Into The Contemporary Political Life Of An Amazonian People, Stine Krøijer
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
This article examines the work of William T. Vickers and describes how his theory about the flexible adaptation of the Siona-Secoya to their forested environment has spilled into their contemporary political life. Based on recurring fieldwork among the Secoya in Northeastern Ecuador, the article shows that “being flexible” has become a particular way of talking about and managing relations to powerful outsiders such as representatives of oil companies and government officials. The article brings together ethnography on the Secoya’s relationship to Occidental Petroleum Company in 1999–2001 and their turn to oil palm cultivation as subcontractors to a plantation company after …
The Political Man As A Sick Animal: On The “Ideology Of Kisêdjê Political Leadership”, André Drago
The Political Man As A Sick Animal: On The “Ideology Of Kisêdjê Political Leadership”, André Drago
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
Eloquent, wise, generous; in short, “exemplary,” Kisêdjê political leaders are also said to be “animal-like” dangerous beings. For Anthony Seeger, this “ideological ambivalence” expresses the contradiction which constitutes the leader’s position-function, whose “political power” working at the center of the village derives from peripheral kinship affiliations. Moreover, supposed to withhold the group’s “norms”, he is surprisingly entitled to violate them–primarily, he is exempted from uxorilocality. I try to demonstrate that the inflections the leader subjects patterns of kinship-making process alter his body and agency, rendering him more or less human and, therefore, capable of mediating between the Kisêdjê and their …
“Don Guillermo” Or William Vickers Among The Secoya, María Susana Cipolletti
“Don Guillermo” Or William Vickers Among The Secoya, María Susana Cipolletti
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
No abstract provided.
Upper Perené Arawak Narratives Of History, Landscape, And Ritual, Fernando Santos-Granero
Upper Perené Arawak Narratives Of History, Landscape, And Ritual, Fernando Santos-Granero
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
No abstract provided.
Amazonia In The Anthropocene: Peoples, Soils, Plants, Forests, John Ben Soileau
Amazonia In The Anthropocene: Peoples, Soils, Plants, Forests, John Ben Soileau
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
No abstract provided.
Sex Roles And Social Change In Amazonian Ecuador, William T. Vickers
Sex Roles And Social Change In Amazonian Ecuador, William T. Vickers
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
No abstract provided.
William Vickers And Gender Studies Of The 1970s, E. Jean Langdon
William Vickers And Gender Studies Of The 1970s, E. Jean Langdon
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
No abstract provided.
Bill Vickers’ Modern Political Transformation, Robert Wasserstrom
Bill Vickers’ Modern Political Transformation, Robert Wasserstrom
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
No abstract provided.
Bill Vickers: A Pioneer In Engaged And Dialogic Anthropology, E. Jean Langdon
Bill Vickers: A Pioneer In Engaged And Dialogic Anthropology, E. Jean Langdon
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
No abstract provided.
Remembrances Of Bill Vickers: Early And Late Career Activities, Norman E. Whitten Jr.
Remembrances Of Bill Vickers: Early And Late Career Activities, Norman E. Whitten Jr.
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
No abstract provided.
Seeing Community Through The Trees: Characterizing Resident Response To Urban-Tree Planting Initiatives, Eli Goldman
Seeing Community Through The Trees: Characterizing Resident Response To Urban-Tree Planting Initiatives, Eli Goldman
International Development, Community and Environment (IDCE)
Urban tree planting initiatives have become common across cities in the United States. In order to advocate for sustainable urban forests, managers of urban planting initiatives must adopt a strong community framework, which includes community values in reforestation efforts. Clark University researchers conducted interviews and surveys with residents in six central Massachusetts cities and towns to assess why residents value urban trees and to characterize public response to reforestation efforts. Results indicate residents had positive experiences with tree planting programs, are most likely to value urban trees for aesthetic reasons, and commonly associate change in neighborhood character with Asian Longhorned …
Engagement In A Public Forum: Knowledge, Action, And Cosmopolitanism, Jennifer F. Brewer, Natalie Springuel, James Wilson, Robin Alden, Dana Morse, Catherine Schmitt, Chris Bartlett, Teresa Joihnson, Carla Guenther, Damian Brady
Engagement In A Public Forum: Knowledge, Action, And Cosmopolitanism, Jennifer F. Brewer, Natalie Springuel, James Wilson, Robin Alden, Dana Morse, Catherine Schmitt, Chris Bartlett, Teresa Joihnson, Carla Guenther, Damian Brady
Geography
Facing challenges to the civic purpose of higher education, some scholars and administrators turn to the rhetoric of engagement. Simultaneously, the political philosophy of cosmopolitanism has gained intellectual favor, advocating openness to the lived experiences of distant others. We articulate linkages between these two discourses in an extended case study, finding that a cosmopolitan ethos of engagement in a rural context can improve (1) understanding among people ordinarily separated by spatialized social-ecological differences, (2) prospects for longer term environmental sustainability, and (3) the visionary potential of collaborative inquiry. Despite globalization of food systems and neoliberal shifts in fishery management, an …
Public Perception Of Environmental Programs In The Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve, Landa De Matamoros, Queretaro, Mexico, Danielle Marie Salisbury
Public Perception Of Environmental Programs In The Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve, Landa De Matamoros, Queretaro, Mexico, Danielle Marie Salisbury
Bard Center for Environmental Policy
Biological or ecological corridors have recently been sought out as a solution to biodiversity loss due to habitat fragmentation. In eastern Mexico, the Mexican and German governments are collaborating to connect fragmented landscapes and Natural Protected Areas (NPAs) over five states across a Madrean Pine-Oak biodiversity hotspot through the implementation of the Ecological Corridor of the Sierra Madre Oriental (CESMO). One of the ways the CESMO is accomplishing its conservation goals is by extending environmental programs that are currently in place within NPAs to other areas within the corridor, but outside of NPA borders. However, the success of the corridor …